Google wants to reportedly design its own Android chips

According to a report by The Information, Google representatives have put forward designs of chips in which it was interested in co-developing, including a phone’s main processor.

Observers said that Google’s plan to integrate its own chipset to Android platform will be successful if the company collaborates with manufacturing companies, and able to convince hardware producers such as Samsung, to use its chipset.

With Android getting out of Google’s own control due to diversification with hardware and OEM partners, this seems to be a sensible option to bring a few order into the chaotic Google universe.

All you have to do in the case of Google Nexus 7 (2012) is to download the Android 6.0 Marshmallow via AOSP custom ROM zip file followed by a Google Apps zip file from the XDA Developer forum.

Of course it won’t arrive on other devices until after the Nexus 6P arrives on the market.

At its October 29 event, Google released the latest version of Android called Marshmallow. In the next months we will see many companies releasing the Android 6.0 Marshmallow OTA update for their devices. In contrast, Apple’s iOS 9, which was released on September 9, stands at almost 66 percent. With Android so badly fragmented, Google approaching microchip producers is not shocking. However, the first model to be updated to the Marshmallow OS is, in fact, the Google Play Edition (GPE) of the HTC One M8 flagship, which has just been announced by Mo Versi, the company’s vice president for product management. Will it be Qualcomm or Samsung or ARM?

With iOS 9 and new iPhones, Apple claims it’s seeing numerous Android flagship customers switching to their platform.